The Duma is postponing consideration of a bill banning the propaganda of homosexuality (of course, under the pretext of protecting children), and activists of the LGBT movement are still being beaten. On January 22, activists, outraged by the Duma’s intentions to consider the law, planned to take to the streets of Moscow, Arkhangelsk, Samara and Tomsk. The activists, who stood in front of the Duma building in kokoshniks and kosovorotkas and began to kiss, as usual, were attacked by their eternal opponents, driven, presumably, by pure and lofty love. As reported by ITAR-TASS, several protesters received bruises. There were no police at the scene, and Duma security did not intervene. It is noted that deputy Nikolai Valuev, who happened to be nearby, did not intervene either - however, professional wrestlers, even former ones, are not really supposed to interfere. Only deputy Ilya Ponomarev intervened slightly.
In Arkhangelsk, activists also planned to go out into the streets wearing kokoshniks and kosovorotkas.
Moscow activists this time, however, got off easy, unlike their Voronezh comrades, against whom about 300 of their dear enemies came out on January 20 (there were only ten people at the LGTB picket). As a result of the clashes, one of the event organizers was beaten and hospitalized.